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Ottawa purchases 500,000 bird flu vaccine doses to help protect people most at risk
The federal government says it has purchased 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine to ensure Canada is ready for potential health threats. The Public Health Agency of Canada says it secured supplies of GS...
Feb 19, 2025
Trump administration labels 8 Latin American cartels as 'foreign terrorist organizations'
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is formally designating eight Latin American crime organizations as "foreign terrorist organizations," upping its pressure on cartels operating in the U.S. a...
Feb 19, 2025
Toronto Raptors sign shooting guard Jared Rhoden to 10-day contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed Jared Rhoden to a 10-day contract, the NBA team announced Wednesday. The six-foot-five, 210-pound shooting guard appeared in four NBA games with Charlotte thi...
Feb 19, 2025
'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King given 3-month conditional sentence
'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King was sentenced to three months of house arrest in an Ottawa court this morning.The sentence includes 100 hours of community service at a food bank or men's shelter.I...
Feb 19, 2025
Canada's Auger-Aliassime into Qatar Open quarterfinals, will face Russia's Medvedev
DOHA - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open tennis tournament Wednesday when second-round opponent Hamad Medjedovic withdrew with a right leg injury. Auger-...
Feb 19, 2025
UFC confirms first two fights for return to Montreal in May with UFC 315
Former flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and Canadian middleweight Marc-Andre (Power-Bar) Barriault will both fight Brazilians on the UFC 315 card in Montreal in May. Grasso takes on Natalia Silva while...
Feb 19, 2025
Trump calls Zelenskyy a 'dictator' as tensions rise between the leaders over the Russia-Ukraine war
MIAMI (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "dictator without elections," lashing out after the Ukrainian president said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinfo...
Feb 19, 2025
Canadian men to face Wales after Romania in September international window
The Canadian men will play Wales in Swansea in a Sept. 9 international friendly, Canada Soccer announced Wednesday. News of the game against the 29th-ranked Welsh comes one day after word that the 31s...
Feb 19, 2025
Quebec 13-year-old in critical condition after being buried in snow
CHTEAUGUAY, Que. - A 13-year-old girl remains in critical condition in a Quebec hospital this morning after being buried in snow on Tuesday. Police in Chteauguay, Que., a suburb on Montreal's South Sh...
Feb 19, 2025
Implementing universal basic income could cut poverty rates up to 40%: PBO
OTTAWA - The government's fiscal watchdog says a guaranteed basic income program at the federal level could cut poverty rates in Canada by up to 40 per cent. In a new report, the parliamentary budget ...
Feb 19, 2025